Islamic-Religious-Knowledge Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Islamic Religious Studies, otherwise known as Islamic Religious Knowledge (IRK), is the subject concerned with the study of the Islamic religion.

• Question 951:

  The supererogatory prayer with a single rak'ah is Salatul

  Options:
  A) Safar
  B) Jama'ah
  C) Witr
  D) Kusuf
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 952: The ruler who instituted Friday prayers in Mali was Options:
  A) Mansa Musa
  B) Mansa Suleiman
  C) Mansa Ule
  D) Mansa Abubakar
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 953: With the institution of zakāh, the distribution of wealth within the society should become Options:
  A) equal
  B) proportional
  C) lump-sided
  D) legally binding
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 954: The initial spread of Islam in West Africa can be described as generally Options:
  A) rapid and systematic
  B) rapid and thorough
  C) slow but peaceful
  D) peaceful and systematic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 955: Raiding as a characteristic of the Jahilyyah Arabs led to Options:
  A) Holding annual political meetings
  B) Staging of annual trade fair
  C) Burying their female children alive
  D) Fighting inter- tribal wars
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 956:

  One of the conditions that make prayer obligatory on believers is

  Options:
  A) social status
  B) reciting the Qur'an with proper Tajweed
  C) following pious Imam
  D) attainment of maturity
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 957:

  ‘Surely, we created man of the best stature, then, we reduced him to the lowest of the low save those who believe and good works'

  This quotation is from Surat

  Options:
  A) al Asr
  B) al-Alaq
  C) al-Tīn
  D) al-Bayyinah
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 958: The gradual spiritual and moral development of Muslims was the wisdom behind the Options:
  A) compilation of the Glorious Qur’an
  B) standardization of the Glorious Qur’an
  C) preservation of the Glorious Qur’an
  D) piecemeal revelation of the Glorious Qur’an.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 959:

  The number of Muslims in the battle of Badr was 313 while that of Makkan force was__

  Options:
  A) 1,000
  B) 2,000
  C) 100,000
  D) 300
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 960:

  Birabbil-Falaq in Qur'an 113 means

  Options:
  A) Lord of the mankind
  B) from the envier when he envies
  C) from the evil of darkness
  D) Lord of the daybreak
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  The correct answer is D .